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Show GERMANY DOES HQTVNUIT WAR SUCH IS DECLARATION OF THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR IN ' THE REICHSTAG. Says if United States Considers Submarine Sub-marine Warfare Cause for Hostilities, Hos-tilities, "Germany Can Bear and Overcome This." Berlin. 3ermany never had the slightest intention of attacking the United States of America, and does not have such intention now. It never desired war against the United States of America, and does not desire it today, was the declaration made by the German imperial chancellor, Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg, in a speech in the reichstag on March 29. Concerning German relations with the United States, the chancellor, whose speech is reported by the Overseas Over-seas News agency (the German official offic-ial Dews bureau) said: 'Within the next few days the directors di-rectors of the American nation will be convened by President Wilson for an extraordinary session of congress in order to decide the question of war or peace between the American and German Ger-man nations. "Germany never had the slightest intention of attacking the United States of America and does not have such Intention now. It never desired war against the United States of America, Am-erica, and does not desire it today. "How did these things devlop? More than once we told the United States that we made unrestricted use of the submarine weapon expecting that England oould be made to observe, ob-serve, in her polioy of blockade, the laws of humanity and international agreements. This blockade policy this I expressly recall has been called call-ed 'illegal and indefensible' (the imperial im-perial chancellor here used the English En-glish words) by President Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing. Our expectations, ex-pectations, which we maintained during dur-ing eight months, have been disappointed disap-pointed completely; England not only did not give up her illegal and indefensible inde-fensible policy of foloekale, but uninterruptedly unin-terruptedly intensified it. England, together with her allies, arrogantly rejected the peace offers made by us and our allies and proclaimed her war aims, which aim at our annihilation and that of our allies. "Then we took unrestricted submarine sub-marine warfare into our hands; we had to for our defense. "If the American nation considers this a cause for which to declare war against the German nation with whom it has lived in peace for more than one hundred years, if this action warrants war-rants an increase of bloodshed, we shall not have to bear the responsibility responsibil-ity for It. The German nation, which feels neither hatred nor hostility against the United States of America, shall also bear and overcome this." |